Clean Energy Revolution: Cleantech Investments Surpass Oil and Gas in 2025
Key Ideas
- Cleantech energy supply investments are projected to reach $670 billion in 2025, exceeding projected spending in upstream oil and gas sectors for the first time.
- Renewable technologies like solar PV are expected to dominate with solar PV representing half of all cleantech investments and two-thirds of installed megawatts.
- Battery energy storage is crucial for enhancing project economics in high renewable energy penetration regions, while AI is revolutionizing renewable energy forecasting and grid planning.
- Datacenters are poised to significantly increase corporate clean energy procurement, with ammonia playing a key role in low-carbon hydrogen production for deep decarbonization efforts.
S&P Global Commodity Insights forecasts cleantech energy supply investments, including renewable power generation, green hydrogen production, and carbon capture and storage, to reach $670 billion in 2025, surpassing upstream oil and gas spending for the first time. Solar PV is expected to dominate cleantech investments, with two-thirds of the installed megawatts. The report highlights the challenges and opportunities within the evolving clean energy sector. Key trends include the growing importance of clean energy investment, tensions in cleantech supply chains due to oversupply from China, the transformation of power markets with battery energy storage, and the role of AI in revolutionizing clean energy technology. Datacenters are expected to play a significant role in corporate clean energy procurement, while ammonia emerges as a key element in low-carbon hydrogen production for deeper decarbonization efforts, enhancing CCUS projects.
Topics
Production
Renewable Energy
Investment
Energy Storage
Decarbonization
Supply Chain Challenges
Technology Trends
Artificial Intelligence
Datacenters
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